Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the
sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to
you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to
them?" God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I
AM”, and he said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, I AM has sent me
to you… This is my name forever, and this is my
memorial-name to all generations.…
I AM.” Exodus 3:14 (New American Standard Bible)
I heard it said … Yahweh (God’s name) is
actually the sound of air, or the breath of God. He who is the very air we
breathe identified himself to Moses as “I AM” … Life itself … and we, inheritors
of all Jesus, the Son of God, had and has, should not let anyone or any
circumstance identify us by any other
name — I am a child of I AM.
Tomorrow I go into the hospital for a
second round of surgeries on my back. One necessity for now, and at least six
weeks following, will be the use of a walker I named Sally. My physician called
Sally “my BFF.” Maybe so, but I refused to be identified as the
little-old-lady-with-the-walker. I have hired Sally to be my professional/personal
assistant: the one who steadies my walk, provides a seat when I’m tired, and
acts as a truck for hauling stuff from room to room. It does not define me at
the very essence of my identity.
I am a child of the Living God. I breathe
in the breath of God. I’m not rich in monetary things. … God isn’t about the
things of this world. He’s about the richness of life with Him. Sally Walker is
my employee, my tool for service and I refuse to let anyone identify me
otherwise. Their misperception is not a label for me. It is an indication of
who they are and who they serve or don’t serve.
Who or what events do you let identify
you? Know who you are and whose you are, and serve Him alone. Let’s pray:
“Heavenly father, God of all who breathe
in your sweet air, Holy is your name. May your kingdom of Love come to all of
us, filling the entire world with your grace. For today, I ask you to so fill
me with your sweetness that both this body you have given me to live in and
this life you have created me to be may overflow with who you are: the creator,
the healer, the forgiver, and the living God … always alive, always in the
present, always I AM. Forgive me when I confuse wishes for myself with
blessings from you. Help me to never identify others beyond another breath of
life … of God. You are LIFE and BREATH, FORGIVENESS and GLORY forever. Amen”
Doris
Copyright 2018 Doris Gaines Rapp
Author of nine novels and several
non-fiction
Website: www.dorisgainesrapp.com
